MICHAEL KAY

From the longtime host of the New York Yankees television broadcasts, ESPN Radios The Michael Kay Show, and YES Networks Emmy Awardwinning CenterStage comes an entertaininggreatest-hits collection (Kirkus Reviews) of his most memorable interviews with the most intriguing personalities in sports and entertainmentfrom Jay-Z to Mike Tyson to Serena Williams to Adam Sandler to Bon Jovi to Larry David.Emmy Awardwinning television announcer and interviewer Michael Kays eighteen years as host of YES Networks CenterStage have given him access to many remarkable figures in sports and entertainment. Now, this absorbing selection of the best, most revealingand often surprisinginterviews is available in one amazing collection, including some of the behind-the-scenes stories that didnt appear on camera. From Kays very first CenterStage interview in 2001 with quarterback Steve Young, the shows creators knew they had something special. Kays ability to get celebrities and otherwise private personalities to open up and share candid insights has become his trademark.Among the interviews featured in the book are those with Red Auerbach, Charles Barkley, Mike Tyson, Bobby Orr, Sly Stallone, Jay-Z, Lorne Michaels, Paul Simon, John McEnroe, Rob Reiner, Seth Meyers, Serena Williams, Alan Alda, David Halberstam, Larry David, Bob Costas, Billy Crystal, Lindsey Vonn, Chris Evert, and Quentin Tarantino.For any pop culture fan or sports enthusiast, this prized collection should be high on your reading list (Alex Rodriguez, three-time American League MVP).

In an era of scientific dominance, why does religion still maintain an unshakeable grip over so many lives, dramatically impacting world events? Why did humanity first develop religious constructs and institutions? How has our relationship with the divine evolved over civilisations history? This book chronicles religions enduring role across millennia - its profound shaping of both individuals and societies. Reviewing psychological theories, it explores the evolution of our inherent need to interact with gods and the supernatural. Religion was our original "science" - humanitys first response to the natural world and our place within it. Since then, two major transitions have revolutionised our religious approach. First, the emergence of teachers like Zoroaster, Jesus and Mohammed introduced personal and social accountability. Today, science and nationalism inherit many attributes once exclusive to faiths. Throughout history, religion also empowered rulers who claimed special divine sanction to exert authority and wage war. Despite an uneasy coexistence with science, religion perseveres because it continues answering profound human requirements at personal and collective levels. This is the innate legacy that ensures religions hold over life and world affairs is unlikely to ever diminish.